Example sentences of "for [pers pn] find [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’
2 The obvious advantage is that they provide sack-loads of fun and laughter , and the disadvantage is that you sometimes have to wait three hours for them to find their boots in the morning and finish flossing their teeth .
3 I waited in the kitchen until it was light enough outside for me to find my way through the deep snow back to Thrushcross Grange .
4 ‘ I thought , ’ I said , ‘ that it would be more fun for you to find your own way back .
5 It would not be too difficult for him to find his way again , however .
6 Thus it was possible for him to find his own men in the army which he was attacking .
7 She had only to sit back with perfect composure — something at which she was adept — and wait for him to find his way through the necessary preliminaries to the real business of this meeting .
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